Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creat…

Albert Einstein
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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. ✨ Albert Einstein (2010). The Ultimate Quotable Einstein, p.175, Princeton University Press
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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. ✨ Albert Einstein (2010). The Ultimate Quotable Einstein, p.175, Princeton University Press

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